Hiking the Napali Coast of Kauai to Hanakapi'ai Waterfall in November, 2012

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Google earth view of the Napali Coast and Hanakapi'ai valley from the north-north-west. Our hiking route is shown as the light yellow line.
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Google Earth view of the Kanapali Coast, looking from the north-north-west
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Google earth view of the Kanapali Coast and Hanakapi'ai Valley from the north-north-east.
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Google Earth view of the Hanakapi'ai Valley, looking due north
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At the start of our trip, we saw these flowers at our hotel.
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Stopping to look at one of the many many beaches, chickens strut around the cars. Wild chickens are almost everywhere in Kauai.
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One of the beaches we saw along the drive
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Kauai is known as "The Garden Island" for good reason. These flowers, on trees, were everywhere.
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Over ten days, we never saw big waves, but lots of chop like this
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Some of the beaches are pretty rocky
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Within walking distance of the Kanapali Coast trailhead, we stopped to look at the Maniniholo Dry Cave
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The entrance is pretty big. Those 'posts' are palm trees on the outside
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Palm tree outside the dry cave
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Plant roots run down the cliff outside the dry cave
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At the trailhead for the Napali Coast at last, for the Kalalau Trail
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Hanakapi'ai Falls is where we're headed!
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Lots of warning signs at the trailhead!
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Tourist activities need to be taken care of before we embark!
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The trail is a pretty steep climb from the start, and paved with rocks for the horses and mules that used to use the trail
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As well as rocks, there are lots of roots to form steps to help us up
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A look back. We started at that beach on the right.
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It is very dark here with all the growth around us, so some of the photos show motion blur
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The Napali Coast is very popular, and people look at it from all angles. This was the first of many many helicopters we saw...
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... Seconds later, this was the second one.

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